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Christopher J. Provost, President
Phone: 860-651-0071
Email: MrProvost@p3llc.com
You’ve probably read about them in the stories of publications like the Double Gun Journal; matched sets of guns that are sequentially numbered and owned by one collector. Some companies like our friends at STI will make you a gun with a custom serial number utilizing your first and last name. While the intent is nice, I personally don’t like having my name as a serial number. For me, a matched set of guns is one where the frames are pulled off the assembly line as a set, whether it be two, three, four or more, and the guns are manufactured utilizing standard serial numbers. Great gun makers such as Holland & Holland were known for their prized sets of serial numbered guns; perfectly matched, balanced and built firearms that were known the world over.
Following the path of the greatest gun builders, Cerberus Tactical is now offering matched sets of guns. The process is simple and easy. The client may purchase sequential numbered frames and have a matched set of pistols made. I have done this with my Aquila competition pistol and it’s sequentially numbered little brother the Lancea as my carry gun. Some clients chose Spatha and Aquila, our two competition guns. One client even chose our famous Nemesis, Gladius and Pugio rail pistols as a three gun purchase. Unfortunately, we are unable to mix and match standard and rail type pistols into one sequentially numbered set.
Some of our readers may be asking what the purpose of sequentially numbered firearms other than bragging rights or as a collection piece. The answer is consistency! How many times have you purchased a pistol from a commercial manufacturer and the pistols, albeit the same model or type, don’t feel the same. The ergonomics don’t match, the trigger pulls are inconsistent or the gun just doesn’t feel like they came from the same assembly line. I became tired of that too and wanted some consistency to my firearms. I carry the Lancea every day and shoot the Aquila every week. With the exception of weight and sight radius, the two pistols are nearly identical! Take a look at the image of the two laying side by side. Can you see a difference other than the obvious? Once you feel what it is like to own pistols that were built at the same time, by the same man and you will never look back.
So yes, you too can carry the ultimate guns in groups to fulfill your needs, all matched and built at the same time. I can think of no better way to show you the classic quality and attention to detail that you will find at P3 and Cerberus Tactical than by showing you our matched sets.
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Posted by Sarge on Monday, March 27 @ 20:49:51 PST (799 reads)(Read More... | Score: 1) |
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| Cerberus Tactical: Knives |
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Christopher J. Provost, President
Phone: 860-651-0071
Email: MrProvost@p3llc.com
We all have them, those fancy, expensive, auto, manual and fixed blade knives made by famous makers from all around the world. I have so many; some would say I collect them. But what do you have for an every day carry knife? Are you going to use that very expensive knife for daily chores? What are you going to use to open the box when your new Cerberus Tactical pistol arrives? After dulling and damaging the blades of my expensive knives, I thought it was time to get a knife I didn’t have to worry about. I wanted a knife that could handle all the daily tasks required and yet, if needed, could serve as a tactical weapon in an emergency.
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If you’re like me, you admire the quality and workmanship of the equipment you purchase. And you look for that quality in everything you buy. For this project, we searched and searched for knives that meet the criteria I just described. While some knives were great candidates, they didn’t give me that warm fuzzy feeling you get when you know you have made the correct decision. Finally, we came across Columbia River Knife and Tool. They make knives designed by some of the same famous folks who produced those expensive knives we already mentioned, yet CRKT manufactures their knives at a reasonable price.
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After establishing a working relationship, CRKT allowed us to sell their knives with our company logo laser engraved onto them. You too can be part of Team Cerberus Tactical by purchasing your own knife from P3. This is the same knife carried by members of the Directed Operations Group and TCT. Next time you’re at the IDPA Winter Championships, show us your TCT knife and we’ll know you’re there to compete and win!
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Posted by Sarge on Monday, March 27 @ 20:42:24 PST (1066 reads)(Read More... | Score: 5) |
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| Elite Magazines: Gen I / Gen II |
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Christopher J. Provost, President
Phone: 860-651-0071
Email: MrProvost@p3llc.com
The magazine is the heart and soul of a competition or carry pistol. The pistol is useless if the magazine fails. Additionally most magazines were produced as an add-on or an ancillary item to the pistol. No one really thought about what is truly required in a high stress environment.
After years of working with what the industry considered the “standard” by which all 1911 magazines should be judged, I realized they really aren’t that great. The delrin followers were prone to wear; the springs would become weak with use. I had sold hundreds of those magazines for a famous Arkansas pistol manufacturer but they weren’t all they were touted to be.
Finally in frustration I sat down with all the magazines of the industry trying to find a better product. When none would meet my needs we decided to make our own. What you will find is our magazine is logical, functional and yet beautiful.
Notice the magazine has numbers down the middle. The brass or nickel cases shine toward the number giving you quick access to the count. Others have the numbers on the side forcing your eye to jog back and forth. The follower is metal and polished and convex, not some plastic part that will break with hard use or some antiquated design from the 1900s. The base plate is wide and triangular to provide better removal from your mag pouch and to disperse the pressure over as wide an area as you insert it into your pistol. Finally, the tube; it didn’t catch your eye did it. Place our magazine next to one of yours. Did you notice our tube is longer, but our OAL may be shorter? We have put a longer, heavier spring into our tube allowing more positive feed of your ammunition into your pistol. An added benefit of this stronger spring is when the gun goes to slide lock, the slide is fully locked! With other magazines the slide lock would become a questionable occurrence if your springs were old or the magazine had been kept loaded for a period of time.
I’m so confident in my magazines I sent them down for evaluation with some of the finest military and Law Enforcement agencies in the country. I gave them to competitive shooters competing in IDPA and the only responses I’ve gotten back were good ones. Order some mags for yourself and you be the judge. I think you’ll find this magazine to be logical and well made.
Now we’ve gone even farther with our magazine design. After months of testing and thousands of rounds shot by some of the Civilian and Law Enforcement personnel, we’ve come out with Second Generation of our magazine. The Gen2 mags were redesigned to be even better than the first. The tolerances and geometry are tighter. The springs are heavier and straighter. All and all the performance of these magazines is better than our First Generation magazines, and they were really good! Additionally we’ve added BLACK magazines to our lineup. The Midnight magazines are the same stainless steel components but with a Black Oxide finish. These magazines have received a warm welcome in the industry.
Custom engraving and finishes are available as a special order item. Many top shooters and Law Enforcement agencies engrave their magazines, you can too! Call us, we’ll be more than happy to discuss your needs with you and provide you the service you desire.
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Posted by Sarge on Monday, March 27 @ 20:33:38 PST (1107 reads)(Read More... | Score: 5) |
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Christopher J. Provost, President
Phone: 860-651-0071
Email: MrProvost@p3llc.com
2005 Pumpkin Blast
Oh yes, you missed it, the 2005 Pumpkin Blast is OVER!
Thousand of folks came out to Westfield Sportsman’s Club to shoot machineguns and blow up stuff. Can you name all the machineguns in the back of the truck? We challenge you to look at and count the guns and see for yourself what you missed at this year’s shoot.
The Pumpkin Blast is quickly turning out to be one of the BIGGEST machinegun shoots in the United States. Two days of magazine and belt feds roared down range at cars, trucks, pumpkins and assorted other fall vegetables. The smell of burnt powder and gourd filled the air as the leaves fell and the cool fall wind blew.
This year I took photographs of my staff and friends, the good people that make this event so special! Next time you see them walking down the street, you’ll know who to thank for all the fun you had. And yes, that is Mrs. C, (and for those of you that asked her and received a “Good Lord NO!”, she is not my wife) my talented assistant, otherwise known as the nice lady who took your money to have fun, all wrapped up in a scarf early Sunday morning.
Christopher Provost
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Posted by Sarge on Monday, March 27 @ 20:28:09 PST (1646 reads)(Read More... | Score: 4) |
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Christopher J. Provost, President
Phone: 860-651-0071
Email: MrProvost@p3llc.com
Rudius: A ceremonial sword made of wood presented by the Emperor; a practice sword.
In our case the Rudius is the practice sword. In practical terms it is a .22 caliber pistol in a 1911 configuration. We use an all stainless lower to which we add a Marvel Precision upper and build the ultimate .22 pistol.
This pistol allows you to practice all your IDPA or ISPC drills shooting inexpensive .22 ammunition. The trigger pull, safeties, checkering, fit, feel and function of this pistol will be the same as our full size, full caliber pistols.
The Marvel upper, the best in the industry, comes fully equipped. This upper has a full slide, steel breech, 4.8” Shilen Match Barrel, Tri-cut slide with Scale cut serrations. Atop the decorative slide is a low mounted adjustable rear sight with optional narrow or fiber optic sight.
This unit will typically shoot a .5” to 1” group using CCI Mini Mags. We find that since we build this unit as a complete pistol and not as a swappable upper, we find the norm to be tighter groups.
Custom finishes or pistol configurations can be added at additional cost.
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Posted by Sarge on Monday, March 27 @ 20:22:25 PST (1294 reads)(Read More... | Score: 5) |
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 The Directed Operations Group is a specialized unit within Cerberus Tactical whose role is based upon the fulfillment of foreign and domestic law enforcement contracts. Individuals in specialized fields are brought together to form teams to conduct the transportation and assembly of firearms and tactical training for law enforcement communities.
Consequently, members of the DOG needed hard working firearms to carry out their training seminars and missions abroad as well as secure their own safety. With these criteria in mind, P3 owner Christopher Provost, developed what he affectionately calls the Directed Operations Group GUN, also known as the DOG.
The original DOG, my DOG, was built along the lines of our original Nemesis pistol. Future guns will be built using standard 1911 frames. The attention to detail found in our other products was placed where needed in form and function of this pistol. Therefore, costs were kept down as aesthetics were not the focus of this project. This firearm is meant to be used HARD and as such it would get scratched, dinged and abused in the field. The artistic and cosmetic details normally found on our pistols would only become carnage from hard use.
The function of this gun is just as smooth as our standard line of pistols, yet field stripping requires no tools. Excellent accuracy is achieved without the need for a bushing wrench in disassembly.
Perfect curved edges? Not here! The DOG has simple 45 degree angles cut onto every sharp corner of the frame and slide. This was done to dehorn the pistol in a truly functional way. The trigger pull will be a smooth, crisp and clean 4.5#, which is a little heavier than our standard line, but this is again designed for the pistols intended use.
A lanyard loop mainspring housing is utilized to keep the pistol with you at all times and in extreme conditions. No one is going to take your gun from you while you’re alive and breathing with this feature.
The frame is beveled for speedier magazine changes and the frame contains our well known “Tactical Advantage”. The Tactical Advantage bevels the internal windows of the frame in such a way as to prevent any portion of the magazine’s feed lips from slowing the insertion of a magazine under stress conditions. From years of hard play in competition and training, we find this little change can mean the difference between survival and/or winning a match.
The sights on the DOG must be functional, hardworking and ready to meet the challenge of the Group. With this critical yet sometimes overlooked item, we chose the Heinie Straight Eight sight system. The Straight Eights allow for fast acquisition of the sights with rock steady functionality.
The DOG features something you won’t find on most modern day 45s. A harsh 20LPI hand cut checkering. Why 20LPI you might ask? Well, when you’re teaching in the rain, or sloshing through the mud searching for a hidden dope field, or need to change your shorts because some “undesirable” decided to take a shot at your team, you’ll want to feel that harsh checkering in your hand letting you know you have a true operational firearm. Note: the changing of shorts is optional as some field operators prefer to go commando. In that situation a hose is the preferred method of stress removal.
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Posted by Sarge on Monday, March 27 @ 20:16:20 PST (995 reads)(Read More... | Score: 5) |
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